CONTROL: A short story written by "onlyynaai". The story follows an anime called "Fairy Tail". It follows the guild as something unexpected happens to Lucy, and she turns on her friends..
( BTW: If you ever watched Aphmau from YouTube, I somewhat got this short story from here during the "Mystreet: Emerald Secret" season. You'll see what I'm referring to in the story later on. )
It was a beautiful day in Magnolia. The sun was out, a light breeze running through the air. It seemed almost too perfect for something tragic to happen right?
Well your wrong...
Lucy woke up, surprised there was no pink tuff of hair laying beside her. "Hmph, they actually slept at their house for once.." Lucy shrugged it off and began getting herself ready for the day. She took a nice bath, wrapped herself up in her robe and began to make her breakfast.
She made a quick and hot plate of bacon and eggs. She ate quickly and began to get dressed.
"My my, my lady you sure have grown.." She heard a familiar voice say, creepily. She turned her head sharply and blushed.
"LOKE! How many times do I have to tell you NOT TO APPEAR WHILE I GET DRESSED?" She yelled at him as she completed her Lucy Kick.
Loke hit the ground with a hard thud and Lucy smirked to herself. She finished getting dressed in a baby pink tank top, and light denim shorts. She left her hair down for the day.
"Sorry, my love. It's just I wanted to walk you to the guild today." Loke responded, finally getting up. Lucy turned to him, face full of confusion. "What do you mean? I usually summon Plue to walk with me."
"I know that, but I feel like I should walk you today. Something seems off in this world.." He trailed off. "Well then m'lady, are you ready?"
Lucy smiled up at her celestial spirit. "Sure am!"
The walk to the guild seemed faster with Loke, the two talked about various topics until she arrived. Once she arrived at the doors, she sent him back to the spirit world.
The guild was its normal self, loud and rowdy. However, it added warm to Lucy's heart. "This is my home."
"Hey, Lucy's here." Lucy heard from Gray as she took her regular seat at the bar. "Perfect, now we can head on our mission." Erza said, rising up from her seat.
"Eh? Mission?!" Lucy repeated. "Well if your lazy butt got her earlier, you would've helped us pick it out." Another voice called from behind her, however this voice made her heart race. And her cheeks blush.
"Can it Natsu! I was not lazy!" She turned to face him, a bit of red in her cheeks.
"Sure you weren't Luce.." He said sarcastically as he swung his arm over his shoulder.
"Well Mira, we'll be off. Tell Master Team Natsu will be back soon." Erza told Mira as the group began to walk away.
"Still don't understand why we haven't changed that name.." Gray mumbled. "You said something ya ice bastard?" Natsu said, glaring at Gray.
"If I did, you wouldn't do anything about it flame for brains!" Gray glared back.
"Why I oughta-"
"You oughta nothing, we didn't even leave Magnolia yet and you two are already acting up!" Lucy yelled at the two boys.
Natsu pouted down Luce. "He st-" "I don't want to hear it!" Lucy said, cutting him off.
"Erza, where are we going?" Lucy asked.
"To the darkest woods in Magnolia, The Appalls." Erza said, sounding a bit worried. "No mage has ever made it out alive."
"They say there's this guy up there that controls any one that enters the woods with his magic." Gray said, entering the conversation.
"That's the guy we have to take down." Natsu said, cutting in as well.
Erza turned to show us her face, she had a real worried expression on. "When we enter these woods, please be mindful of your surroundings. This mage took down over a million gaurds and 6 S Class wizards. Please, be mindful." Erza said before turning back around and beginning to walk again.
Gray, Lucy, and Natsu all faced each other with shocked expressions before facing forwards.
By the time Team Natsu arrived at the village that featured " The Appalls" it was night time. The group figured they would ask around the village for any other information they can find, then they world explore the village the next day.
After signing into a hotel, the group divided into pairs. Erza and Gray would check one side, while Natsu and Lucy check the other.
"I meant to ask you this before we left, where's Happy?" Lucy asked as they began their walk on their instructed side of town.
Lucy watched as Natsu's face darkened and fell. "I asked Levy, Windy, and Gajeel if they could watch over him.."
Lucy's eyes widened as she listened to Natsu's explanation. "I know we've been on dangerous trips and missions and I was always there for him and he was always there for me..but... this guy seems really scary. Not only that, he took out 6 S Class wizards with his magic. I don't want anything to happen to him..."
"Oh Natsu..." Lucy whispered softly as her eyes teared up. Natsu then faced her with a small smile on his face. "So Lucy, I'm gonna need all your help on this mission. So we can make it home to Happy." He then gave her his signature grin and Lucy laughed, a couple of tears falling.
"Aye Sir."
"H-h-hey there! A-are you two m-mages?" The duo heard someone call out to them.
"Yes, we're here to hel-"
"YOU CANT BE HERE!" The man yelled out to them. "Harold! Please!" An old elderly woman pulled the man away from the door. "Please come in."
Natsu and Lucy followed the elderly woman inside their little home. They all sat at a table.
"You two are wizards?" The elderly woman asked.
"Yes, wizard mages of Fairy Tail." Lucy answered. The elderly woman smiled. "Ah, Fairy Tail. Such a nice guild."
"You know about Fairy Tail?" Natsu asked the old woman. "Indeed I do, it's the most famous guild in Magnolia. You were sent here to defeat Ian..no?" The old woman asked. "Who's Ian?" Natsu asked.
"Ian, the wizard with the power to control all.." The elderly man spoke, rising up from his seat on the couch. "He is a deathly wizard, he uses his magic to making people into his pawns or he'll use it to control a mage and turn them against their teammates."
"It's truly an awful sight.." The old woman drifted off. "He turned my friend into one of his pawns, it was..heartbreaking... One night me and my wife were sleeping peacefully. Our grandson, Mikey had just been dropped off by our daughter. We all slept in one room. Until there was a knock at the door. I went to go answer it and I saw him. His name was Hank. I asked, 'Hank what're you doing out this late?' He shoved me out the way..barged in looking for Mikey. Panicked, I said she wasn't here. She went out to get some groceries..I got up and asked him again, 'Hank what's going on? And he looked at me...with those eyes...I swear I never want to be looked at with those eyes again." The old man said, slowly breaking down.
The wife consoled him and began speaking. "My husband told me his eyes were not his usual color. See Hank had dark brown eyes, but that night his eyes were different... They were a bright red and they glowed. They glowed bright..." The wife trembled. "I came downstairs cause I heard noise, saw my husband on the floor. He was shoutin, 'Melony, go back upstairs.' But it was too late, Hank had already pushed me aside, and charged upstairs." The old lady sniffled.
"We tried, we tried so hard to fight against him. But Hank had changed. He had strength..more strength than the two of us combined. Hank grabbed Mikey..and left and never returned." The old lady broke down.
"Two days later, we found out Hank was murdered. Along with our grandson Mikey. And they were found in the Appalls..." The husband finished the story and looked at Natsu and Lucy with a horrified look on his face. "Now you two listen here, if you do go enter those woods, do NOT split up. Stick together, don't separate, or he will find you..." He told them.
"We kindly thank you for yo-" Lucy's response to the couple was interrupted by Natsu's snores.
Did he seriously fall asleep!? "NATSU!" Lucy shouted, punched his side and he fell over. He slowly rose up, rubbing his head. "Geez Luce, did I crush ya or somethin'?" Natsu asked.
Lucy facepalmed herself and excused Natsu's behavior to the couple. She began to drag Natsu out the house until someone pulled her arm back.
It was the old woman, she was holding Lucy's arm. "Before you leave, I want you to take something.." The woman looked at her husband and he stood up, and walked to the back of the house.
He brought back a stick, with a ruby ore shaped like a half moon crescent. The wife grabbed the stick and held it out to Lucy.
"When we visited the forest, to see where Mikey had died, we found this. We believe this could be of some assistance." The wife said and Lucy grabbed the shaft.
"Thank you so much for your help." She smiled at the old couple.
"Yeah, no matter what Fairy Tail will save this town and its people." Natsu said, smiling as well.
The old couple smiled at them and sent them off to rest.
However, little did Lucy and Natsu know, someone was watching and lurking in the shadows...
Okay so this will be the first chapter of this short story! I will attempt to make this story at least 3 or 5 pages long. I only made this chapter seem fast paced because I wanted to get to the point of the story. So sorry if it feels so rushed! I was just so excited to make this. But I hope you all enjoy! Leave a review if you like or if you have anything I could work on more as a write :) Thanks !
